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Thursday, 15 April 2010

FOREST MAGIC

HOLLY - An Artcloth Doll
Created by E. H. Engel
Body: Calico
Face: Handpainted with acrylics.
Hair: Green DK.
Outfit: Fashioned from hand sewn holly leaves and embellished with beads.

FOREST MAGIC

DERWEN - Welsh for OAK
An Artcloth Doll created by E. H. Engel
Body: Calico.
Hair: Oddments of yarn.
Face and Nails: Handpainted with acrylics.
Clothes: bonded silk and calico painted with acrylics.
and embellished with reclaimed wooden beads.
Acorn: Felt and wooden beads painted with acrylics.

FOREST MAGIC

EARLY DAWN
Formally known as Dawn Matthews Dean from the Forest of Dean, Orange County, N. Y. State. A descendant of Peter Matthews of the Royal Forest of Dean, England who travelled to America and fell in love with Touching Leaves an Indian Princess of the Unami Lenape tribe. Read her story in "Secrets of the Mine, A legend of Love in the two Forests of Dean" by Ray Wright.
Early Dawn - an Artcloth Doll.
Body: hand-dyed calico.
Hair: black 4ply wool.
Face: handpainted with acrylics.
Clothes: handembroidered mock suede fabric,
further embellished with feathers and reclaimed beads.
Created by E. H. Engel.
THIS IS NOT A TOY